Improvement in door-latches



STATES PATENT Crema.

cam B. nenn, or KALAMAZGO, MLOHIGAN.

is-PRVEMENT IN @@@RLATCHES- Specification forming part of Letters Patent Nonpdtb?, dated June 24, 1873 application led Novembe'rg, 1872.

11bA all vwhom it may concern:

it known that I, OnrN BRAND, of Kalamazoo, in the county ot' Kalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented an Improvement to my Double-Actin g Spring-Bolt Door-Fast- -..en er, forwhich Letters Patent of the United States-Were issued February 2, A. D. 1869,

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vMy ,improvement consists in attaching to the-patented invention, above referred to, a devieefor locking the knob, so as'to secure tl.; ts in fastening the door, o r leaving it free 'o open asdesired.

In the'use of my invention it is often desir- Y ableto have the bolt at the bottom of the door extend further than-the one at thetop. I accomplish this in my improvement, by making he le'ver-inge'B with one arm the longer, as shown'at H inthe accompanying drawing. This arm, connected to the bolt by the rod U, admits of its extending `farther down in the -operation. When this longextension is notY desired the rod C may be attached to the arm ofthe ange, eqnidistant` from the center, as shown at H inthe drawing, and then both belts extend alike. Y

, To get a more perfect operation in my inflyentionl construct the spindle L similar to ;ftlicsez commonly used for knob-latches, except tha that portion of it extending through made round and turns in the cylinder 'ir-Vop'era'ting, as shown in the drawing, Fig. 3, to which any knob in common use may 'Y be Aitted in the ordinary way.

By my improvement I fastenv the bolts, in operating them, by placing, at the opposite :ff-ggd pf thespindle from the knob and fastened to the Wood inside, a metal plate, having a square opening in the center to admit that end ofthe spindle to fasten or secure the' bolts, as shown at I and E. And tocause the spindle to operate the bolts in the way above indicated, I provide a wire spiral spring suici ently strong between the ange and the wood `ot` the door, toward the knob, as shown at S, in the drawing.

Figs, l and 2, in accompanying drawing,

-show the application of my invention as imform of the spindle L and the screw-cylinder.

P, 'as used in my improvement."

What I claim as au improvement to my invention, and desire to secure by 'Letters Patent, is y The spindle L, spiral spring S, cylinder I, knob G, and plate I, all arranged so that the knob is locked from turning in combination with the lever-flange B, operating the rods and spring-latches, when constructed, ar' Vran ged, and .operated as described and shown,

for the purpose set forth.

' ORIN B. RAND. Witnesses:

0. T. TATHELL, kAnios D. ALLEN. 

